No-win, no-fee curb will slash lawyers’ soaring fees

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The Justice Secretary said that the costs associated with no-win, no-fee claims had become a burden on businessBen Gurr for The Times

Frances GibbLegal Editor

Last updated at 12:01AM, March 30 2011

No-win, no-fee deals are to be restricted in reforms designed to end an
“explosion” in lawyers’ fees and to stamp out a trend towards a damaging
compensation culture, it was
announced yesterday.

A radical overhaul of civil justice will see some £50 million slashed from
lawyers’ fees in claims where the legal costs often vastly exceed the
damages won.

American-style contingency fees will be allowed and 90 per cent of all
accident claims, from road traffic to smaller medical claims, could be
settled out of court via an online system. The scope of small claims courts,
which operate without lawyers,

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